I was hoping he'd praise, but ya can't win every time. I still had fun with it. Admittedly I wish they just went into full-blown parody mode instead of trying to act serious; did I mention that this was written by a comic book writer?

Hmm quite an interesting show. I laughed, i remembered the past, i don't think i cried though. Overall a good review. I'd played the demo and liked it so i have no change of opinions here unless you count going from liking to really wanting a change of opinion.

I'm surprised he didn't mention that they answered his wish to have a gun that had tits on fire on it. Sure, it was just a painting on a gun, but it was a nice little call out to his Painkiller review.

Lets go kill something!

Crimson_Dragoon:I'm surprised he didn't mention that they answered his wish to have a gun that had tits on fire on it. Sure, it was just a painting on a gun, but it was a nice little call out to his Painkiller review.

probably because to see it you have to play the multiplayer. we all know his opinion on that, but in bulletstorm its almost justified. i can't play it without three friends cause jumping into a random game with random people who don't have mics is as fun as putting my eyeball under a drill press. there is a level of fun to it, but it needs to be well coordinated

I wonder how much of Yahtzee's love for bullet-painting games comes from the fact that he grew up around them, compared to the breed of gamer that was introduced to shooters around the Halo era. I'd be interested to see how the tastes of people from the same general gaming era compare.

I wish I could say I'm surprised, but this really does sound like the bastard child of People Can Fly (who basically say "here are many mans, blow them up how you see fit") and Epic Games (who have founded the nation of ChestHighWallistan). These are two core philosophies that don't combine well normally, and it looks like Bulletstorm is not the magical, mystical exception to the rule.

Still, I'm surprised there wasn't any sort of comment on the gun with flaming tits on it.

My favorite line in there would have to be, "Now, drop the net, hit him with sticks!" I have to disagree with his review of the gameplay though. Maybe I'm just better than him, but even on hard I spent very little time hiding behind walls. As long as they died before I did I was fine. And kicking an exlpoding bouncy ball was a blast (pun not intended).

Your fill-the-screen ad has once again flubbed up my ability to actually watch the video, as it tries to effectively play two of the same video at once and out of synch. Please advertise some other way.

Yeah, the game got bogged down with setpieces and story at times during the campaign when you're just itching to try out that new drill launcher you just bought. The multiplayer mode takes that nonsense away and is all about killing dudes in high scoring ways but the lack of communication (sure, you COULD get a headset but nobody does!) and the terrible netcode (Unreal Engine 3 does its best by making it nearly impossible to hit anything when the lag kicks in) take their toll on it.

I never felt a need to stick to cover though (I think I played on Hard, even), you won't die unless every motherfucker in the whole place gets to take pot shots at you and even then you'll last quite a while. Since the slide is about on par with Vanquish's rocket slide it's easy to run into cover, wait for the red pulsing to go away (health seems to go from zero to full instantly once it starts healing) and get back to making pricked shishkebabs. In MP it's even less problematic because even if you manage to die any other player can revive you instantly with a boot to the head.

Also if you think lining up multiple enemies in the campaign is hard you haven't seen multiplayer where even if you get them lined up some fuckwit on the other end of the map will leash one of them away.

Aiddon:I was hoping he'd praise, but ya can't win every time. I still had fun with it. Admittedly I wish they just went into full-blown parody mode instead of trying to act serious; did I mention that this was written by a comic book writer?

This is as close to praise as he ever gets. This review perfectly sums up what I think of the game which is definitely a 1st.

archvile93:My favorite line in there would have to be, "Now, drop the net, hit him with sticks!" I have to disagree with his review of the gameplay though. Maybe I'm just better than him, but even on hard I spent very little time hiding behind walls. As long as they died before I did I was fine.

I played it on easy because I'm a pansy and being able to run around without worrying whether or not I'll die certainly made the game more fun.